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23: Development of the Caring Factor Survey (CFS), an Instrument to Measure Patient’s Perception of Caring

DOI:

10.1891/9780826195425.0023

Authors

  • Nelson, John W.
  • Watson, Jean
  • Inova Health

Abstract

The Caring Factor Survey (CFS) is a tool that examines the construct of caritas, which literally means divine care/love. This chapter reviews the initial psychometric testing of the CFS that was a result of studies conducted in 2006 and 2007. Development of psychometrically sound instruments is essential to articulate the place care has within the increasingly mechanistic environment of healthcare. The CFS has been used in specific contexts to test the processes of caring: hospice, long-term care, care of patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy, patients with coronary heart disease, and labor and delivery. The CFS has also been used to create six derivation works such as caring for self, caring for coworkers, and caring of the manager. A search for the CFS or any derivation work in Google Scholar will provide many more resources for building an argument on the impact of the caritas processes being enacted on self and others.